Tag: music

07 Mar

Clarksdale Mill Blues

An explication and exploration of John Dudley’s blues classic

27 Feb

Bonnie the Obscure

Searching for the elusive figure of Bonnie “Prince” Billy

19 Feb

David Singer’s Grown-up Symphonies To God

Songwriter David Singer’s pop muse matures gracefully.

14 Feb

Valentine’s Day With Riskay

We celebrate Valentine’s Day with an interview with Riskay, the self-proclaimed Drama Queen.

23 Jan

Strictly Leakage

Record labels are trying to plug album leaks by all means necessary. Will going to war against writers do the trick?

04 Jan

Four Tedious Online Arguments To Abandon in 2008

French poet French Valery famously said, “everything changes but the avant-garde.” The same could be said of the recurring pet arguments online.

13 Dec

Can’t Tie a Bow Around A Pile Of…

Let the story of Microsoft’s doomed Plays For Sure be a cautionary tale to those who support DRM.

03 Oct

Confusion Turns Me Inside Out: An Interview with Lou Barlow

An interview with Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion.

27 Sep

Unsigned and indie bands: Please improve your web presence. Here’s how.

In the various music-related roles that I have encompassed over the past few years (musician, bandleader, freelance writer, publicist, show promoter and blogger) I have spent a fair amount of time browsing band websites and reached a critical mass navigating band sites that are ugly, anti-functional, slow-loading and profoundly frustrating to the people they are [...]